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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29

One feature Of the recent mobiliza-
ton experiment in France was the fine
physique of the reserves. It is prob
able that the bodily vigor of French.
men and their physical proportions
are gradually improving, and the race
may soon be much more stalwart
than it has been for the better part Of
a century.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29

Claus spreckels, the Hawaiian
sugar king. is preparing to introduce
the manufacture OF beet sugar into
california. Mr.. spreckels is reported
as confident of making it a success in
California. He has investigated the
subject in the great German establish.
n'ents, which manufacture thousands
OF tons yearly, and has purchased
$4,000 worth ofimproved machinery
such as he found il. use there. Mr..
Spreckels told Herald correspond
ent he expected to make forty tons a
day with the plant he is to establish.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29

The apple crop is short this year.
In New York and New England the
yield will not be more than half that
OF last year. In the West and North.
west there is comparatively small
product. The drouth dried up the
juices. and the hot sun roasted the
fruit on the trees. Still there will be
enoue III to meet the demand.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29
What the Union Prisoners Want.

At tho session OF the Union Prisoners
association in Chicago a resolution recon-
mend'ng the reorganization OF the associa.
ton was adopted The contemplated
change consists in doing away with the
state associations and requiring oil local
associations to report directly to the ma.
tional body. A resolution was also adopt.
ed which recommends that bill be drafted
and presented to tho G. A. r. for endorse.
ment and then placed before congress call.
ing Tor pensions for all prisoners. Those
who were in prison three months to receive
quarter pension. six months half pension,
nine months three-quarter pension, and
those more than nine months full pension.
Also to receive an allowance 81 So per day
will be considered by the members of the
q. A. X. at tho St. LOUIS encampment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29
Treatment of Measles.

Treatment of Measles.
From, tho Youths Companion.
Measles begin with the symptoms OF
bad cold; hoarseness. acough, sneez-
ing. and weak eyes. On the fourth
day a rash appears on the forehead,
spreads over the face, and extends to
the body. 1t is a darker red than the
rash in scarlet-fever, and feels slightly
raised to the touch. When the rash
first comes out it looks like flea bites
arranged in little half moons ON the
skin.
The great danger is of taking cold,
which may bring on inflammation of
the)ungs, and ofinjury to theeyes from
over use, or exposure to too strong q
light.
The patient should be kept in bed
in q well-ventilated room at q temper
allure Of about sixty eight degrees. The
window must be lowered g. few inches,
at the top. if possible, the opening be-
ing covered with a. strip OF flannel to
prevent draught. AS fresh air is: in
dispensable, If this makes the room
too cold, a fire must be lighted to
counteract it.
A warm sponge bath should be Civ
en- each day, folded blankets being
placed over and under the patient in
bed, the night-dress removed and the
hand holding the sponge being passed
under the upper blanket while bath
ing to avoid exposure The window
should be shut during the bath 1.-THE
rash causes much irritation it may be
rubbed with cosmo!ine, or sweet oil.
The eyes should be carefully shaded
from the light, and no reading permit
ted until they are strong again. Serl-
Gus inflammation and permanent
weakness of the eyes may follow, if
these precautions are not taken. 1t
is often very hard to keep child
amused and happy under these re-
strictions. This is one OF the difficult
ties that a good nurse will overcome,
and she must remember that tina
child's comfort during life may de-
pend upon the care 1t receives at this
time.
To avoid cold, all clothing should
be warmed and alrd before being used.
A flannel jacket worn over the night
dress: is great protection.
II delirium comes on, and the rash
suddenly disappears. the sufferer
should be put into a. warm bath con-
tanning four tablespoonful OF mustard
to each pail OF water, taken out after
a few minutes, quickly dried with
warm towels, and wrapped IN blankets
until the doctor comes If the child
has q quick pulse and seems very
sleepy, the breathing should be GALE
fully watched to detect any symp-
toms OF trouble with the chest.
Milk should be the chief article OF
diet. 1t may be used in cruel, custard,
and blanc-manye. and varied with
beef tea, chicken broth, mutton broth,
toast, and any light food.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29

Ex-senator Simon Cameron wa.
born before Washington died, a voter
when James Monroe was candidate
for president, still il the vigor of early
manhood when he was an enthusiasts.
tic supporter OF Andrew jackson, a
senator OF the United states nearly
half century ago, friend and as.
sociate of Webster, Clay and Calhoun,
and IS still able to take ocean voyages
and talk politics with the shrewdest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29

The new French method of trea tine
consumption by means OF gaseous in
lections, which has attracted so much
attention recently, has been abandon
ed as unsatisfactory in the New York
hospitals. The improvement which it
effected in the patients was only tenn.
porary. and in no case WAS permanent
benefit derived. So it seems the doc
tor who can cure consumption has
not yet arrived.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29
Death Of . Noted Iowa,.

At Dee Moines, the Hon. John Cottell
was thrown down by his team starting uD
40 he was watering them, one wheel Of tho
wagon passing across his body. Peritoni-
tvs set in. from the effects OF which he died.
aged sixty.ssven, and leaving wife and IN
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29
MINNESOTA NEWS,
Ce.srsgstis 81 Niaa,sets.

The Minnesota Congregational Assocja.
ton held its annual meeting at Fergus Falls.
Otter Tell county. At tho annual meeting
OF the homo missionary society Rev. ]. w.
Strong OF Northfield was elected president:
Dr.. Dana, st. Paul, director; w. H. Lane,
Minneapolis. secretary and treasurer. 1t
was determined to raise SIS, 900 for home
missions tho ensuing year.
Hart OF St. Paul, ]. Il. Crum Of Winona.
Wyman Elliot OF Minneapolis and Rev.
George L. Hegginson OF st. Paul, we're ap-
pointed trustees for three years OF the
ministerial relief society.
Annual meetings OF the Woman's Home
Missionary society were presided over'by
Mrs. E. 8. Williams OF Minneapolis. Tho
treasurer's report was read by Mrs. w. L.
jenkins OF Elk River. There were address.
% by Miss NJ. A. Hand of Utah, Miss KEEL.
logg OF Mississippi and Mrs. c. H. Taintor OF
Chicago, and Rev. w. G. Puddefoot. Massa-
chusetts.
The following resolutions were unani.
mously adopted:
We protest against tho observation OF
tho Sabbath by railroad traffic. En-
ployes, as q rule, would be glad OF the rest
of the Sabbath especially nesdlul to men
having so much respon sibility. Resolved,
that we urge the duty OF increasing an un-
tian ways, and we pledge ourselves not tv be
satisfied with palliative and restricting
measures, but to increase the warfare
against the existing saloon system and
liquor traffic until it is outiawed by our
Christian civilization. We look with es.
pecial favor upon the work of our sisters
in the line Of educating the children by
giving them scientific temperance instruc.
ton in our public schools and of gospel
temperance In our Sunday schools.
A resolution was passed recon.
mendine the establishment OF O
depot for publication supplies for
Sabbath schools in some city in the
state hereafter decided upon. President ].
w. Strong, D. D.. gave report for Garlic.
ton college. A memorial was addressed to
President Cleveland respecting his recent
order relating to the use OF
native languages in Indian schools: The
following committee was chosen on
systematic benefcence 70 represent
the American College and Educational SO.
ciety: Rev: H.. H. Hart, s. NJ: Wilcox,
Alexandria; j. B. Fairbank Morris; c. E.
Page, Fergus Falls; J. Kidder, St. Charles;
p: N. Williams. Mortified; s. NJ. MacNeill,
Sleepy Eye; David Henderson. Worthing-
ton. The meeting was pronounced sue
cess In every respect throughout, and ad.
journed to meet at Owatonna, tho third
Tuesday Of September.
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adopted daughter. The funeral was con-
Quoted BY the pastor ofthe Friends church
at Des Moines. IN which faith Mr.. Cottell
was brought up.
Mr.. Cottell came to Iowa in territorial
times. and was senator in ono of the party
state legislatures from the eastern part OF
the state. He then was elected state audi
tor, serving two years. He has since re-
sided on farm near Des Moines, serving
two sessions as senator from this county.
In 1885 Gov. Sherman made him acting
auditor during the suspension ot Auditor
Brown. in which trying position he retain.
ed tho full respect OF both factions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-29

neaded az Stargardt. The Empress Angus
ia went from Baden and attended the Red
Cross conference at Carlsruhe. The con.
terence approved maintaining the present
international committee with head.ouar.
ters at Geneva.
The Rev. Samuel w. Small, the evanpe.
list. has rented the house 7O2 Nineteenth
street and has moved his family to Wash.
ington which will be his home for some
time to come. He says that Washington
will be moro convenient point of DEPART
ure Tor his evangelistic work than Allan.
to- Ga.
There will be held in Washington early
in December meeting of the Evangelical
Alliance Of the United States that will be.
gin on Wednesday the 7th and last three
days. The Rev. Josiah H., Strong, tire
general secretary OF the alliance, is here
making some arrangements for the gather
ing. The meeting is expected to be one OF
the most interesting and important that
has occurred for many years.
In SPEAKING OF the Asiatic cholera in
quarantine at New York, Health Commits:
sioner De Wolf said: Where fear trouble
is from the following source: The summer
clothing, which may BE- packed in the in.
fected districts in Europe, may be sent to
this country in a ship that would have no
case OF cholera aboard cause any atten.
ton to be paid to disinfectins. They are left
until spring and then opened. In ashort
time the whole country is alarmed with
new cases OF cholera arising apparently
without cause. I really have some fears
tor next spring-not particularly for this
city, but Tor the whole country.
The statement is made at San Fra ncisco.
that John G. Spreckles, president OF the
Oceanic Steamship company, has made an
agreement with the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe road providing for through ex-
press from San Diego to New York in fonr
days.
The sailing Of the English man.of wal
Pliades from Trinidad to Laguayra to de-
mand indemnity from the government Of
Venezuela for the detention Of the schoone
Josephine and Henriette, would seem to
point to an active policy on the part o
Great Britain in her dispute with the
South American republic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-12-03

1 y
my father on your way here"
"You did not ask me that
"Why, yes, I asked you if you saw
| any one coming.
But you meant the Englishman,
your lover"
Every time the Indian said the word
lover, he sneered and spat upon the
| ground.
at was only you that said him. You
are always thinking of that English.
man. But did you not see my father ?"
mo"
| swell, then, just step out to the
road and see if he is not coming up the
hill from the mill. He is going to take
me home on his horse. I can't get
away, you know. just look out that is
a good fellow"
She hoped that If he would do so Mr..
Wilson might see him and avoid him.
Riffert looked very uneasy for mo-
ment, then he said: "You lie, you
know ne is not coming. Come now,
will you give me the hood and cloak,
or shall I gag you again, and let you
see your lover die?"
| He threw his arm around her, and
when she felt the strength of it, though
it was but playfully done, she said
"Let me go, Hugo. Free my hands and
/ / viii give you the things. will give
them to You instantly"
"Be quick. then, be quick.
| he loosed the rope; she slipped hen
hands out, took off her hood and CLOAK,
and ran towards home, as if in desperate
fright. But this was mere rise. She
] was determined to warn her lover be-
fore he reached the tree.
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The Judge had Business Elsewhere.

AhO OuNSO AAssN DsAOAAAC1S A<ACO w IVA 70
En- Georgia justice court very i'm.
portant case was being tried. Emf
nent legal counsel had been employed
by both sides, the evidence had all
been submitted, the counsel for the
complainant had finished his argument,
and the judge and those present were
listening to the lawyer for the defense,
who endeavored, of course, to put
forth his side of the case in the best
possible manner. All of a sudden the
judge was seen to write something ON q
small slip of paper, which he then pro-
ceeded to fold nicely, and deposfting
the same in a copy of the code in front
of him. took his hat, and remarked to
the astonished gentlemen:
ssYou can proceed with your argu-
ment, Mr.. -, and when you have
finished you will find my decision in
this case on that slip of paper" arose
to leave.
In vain were the remonstrances of
the counsel. The Judge would not be
persuaded to remain, remarking to his
astonished audience:
Don't you all see that cloud over
there? That means rain, and I'm go
ing home to set out my potato slips
Anaerscus fGa.l Recorder.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-12-03

IT Is known that enormous hairy
elephants or mastodons once lived in
Siberia and Alaska. Not only are their
remains abundant, but the carcasses of
the animals preserved in prehistoric
icebergs have been recovered, and it is
from these models that naturalists have
reproduced the interesting fabrications
such as that exhibited at the late ex-
position in New Orleans. In the period
when those animals lived there the
climate was doubtless much warmer
than at present, as then the Mississippi
Valley was in all probability vast
estuary extending to the Arctic Ocean,
and through it the Gulf stream, which
now flows out through the Straits of
Florida, then found it's heated waters
mitigating the polar climate as it now
does that of England. When the con-
tinent was lifted above the waters the
sources Of heat were withdrawn, and
the northern regions were locked in
ice. catastrophe which the hairy ele-
plants could not survive.
"
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She Was Jealous.

'sEf dar's or thing in dis worl' dot I
'spise ter see, it's er jealous lady," re-
marked an old negro, addressing a
white man who had stopped in the
street and spoken to him. 81 suffers
frum dat TACK putty nigh ever day, fur
my wife is so jealous dat she pear all
de time ter be in misery"
Perhaps you give her cause to be
jealous, !" the white man replied.
mo, sab, doan; Glare TO good
ness I doan. Wy, sab, I kahn take
mon two drinks lessen she gifts ez jeai-
GUS ez er fool"
ssShe sometimes thinks that after
taking whisky you are more likely to
forget her."
'sBless yer soul, dat lady doan kere
whudder furgits her or not. Some
times Use 'suaded dat she do wush /
would furgit her."
ssHow, then, can she be jealous?"
jealous o. my drinkin', I tells yer. "
ssImagines that you like whisky bet
ter than you do her, suppose"
ssAint' 1 dun tole yer dat de lady
doan kere whudder likes her nr
not?"
eyes, but"
'Den wy yer keep on harpin' on de
subjeck? I tells yer dat she's jealous
when I drinks er little"
"What do you mean by Jealousy?
What is your idea of the Needing of
the word?"
81 means dat she acks er blame fool
w'eneber gifts drunk. OATS whut 1
means. Humph, pear like de white
folks dun furgit de lanwidge. De mo'
schools we has, de wus of da'is. AFTER
while da went know how ter talk ef
tai. ~ rkansaU 1f0ueler.
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The Price Panied Him.

Look at the Maine individual over
there in the red flannel shirt which is
not even on speaking terms with soap.
You might not think from casual OBJ
servation that he has any peculiarities
whatever, but the other day he came
down with terrible tooth-ache-an
ache that reared and kicked and
"bucked" all within thirty seconds, till
this world ceased to have any attrac-
ton for the man who was entertaining
it. Well, he just couldn't stand it any
longer, and started post haste for a
dentist in neighboring town.
The proprietor of a hardware store
in close proximity to this dentist was
standing in the door of his store that
afternoon when he heard most terri
bic and ear-splitting shrek proceeding
from the office of the man of teeth.
He bad become accustomed to means
and subdued exclamation from that
quarter, but never had he heard such
believing as now pierced the air. His
curiosity wss so thoroughly aroused
that little later on he walked into the
dentists Office and said
"Whon have you been butchering
over here? I never heard such yell
in my life"
"Oh, replied the extractor of molars,
"that was old John Tarbox from T.
He had tooth out.
"Had tooth out!" replied the visitor;
"well, should think so, and it must
have come mighty hard to fetch such
roar as that.
"Oh, dear, no." said the dentist: "he
didn't make that noise when I pulled
the tooth. It was afterward.
"Afterward?"
"Why, yes" was the reply. "The
tooth came easily enough. The time
he fetched that cry of agony was when
l charged him so cents for doing the
Journal
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HARD 70 Beileye.

At party one evening several con-
tested the honor of having done the
most extraordinary thing; reverend
gentlemen was appointed Judge OF their
respective pretens1ons One produced
his tailor's bill with a receipt attached
to it. A buzz ran through the room
that this could not be outdone, when q
second proved that he had just arrested
his tailor for money lent him
"The palm is his, was the general
CRY, when third put in his claim.
Gentlemen, said he, II cannot boast
of the acts of my predecessors, but /
have Just returned to the owners three
leadpencils and two umbrellas that
were left at my house"
@I1l hear no MORE" cried the aston
ished arbitrator. "This is the acme OF
honesty, it is an act of virtue OF which
I never knew any one capable The
prize is his.
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mintu + NusssI

Try and be strictly accura&e n yuur
answers to the doctors questions. and
never attempt to hide anythia0 from
him. Teach yourself to have an ap-
proximate idea of medical qualities, and
be very accurate when measuring medi-
cines. The following is table every
one who intends to nurse should get
by heart: One minim equals one
drop; sixty minims equals one fluid
drachm, or one teaspoonful: eight
fluid drachms equals one fluid ounce,
or two tablespoonfuls; twenty fluid
ounces equals one pint; half fluid
ounce equal one tablespoonful, or two
teaspoonfuls. Keep q slate or piece
OF paper, and write down anything you
may wish to ask the Doctor, or that
you may think necessary to tell him, so
as not to forget. Ones memory il
very apt to fail one at critical moments,
and, besides, your strong personal in
terest in the patient tends to make you
less clear headed than the professional
nurse, who, however sympathetic and
tender. has not your individual feeling
toward the patient. And, above all,
if you are allowed to nurse or help in
the nursing, do cultivate sufficient COM
mon sense to realize that if you neglect
your own health you will only give
double trouble by breaking down and
having to be nursed yourself, while
you injure your patient by failing just
at the time when, perhaps, your serv-
ices are most needed. Because you are
not coward, do not be foolhardy. Re-
member, it Is not only for your own
sake that you should be cautious about
Infection; there are cases where people
in direct contact with the sick have not
caught the disease themselves, and yet
have transmitted it badly to some
total outsider. Never 90 near an in
fictitious case, if you can help it, fasting
or when thoroughly tired; and never,
on any account, stand so that the air
blows on to you from the patient, for
which reason never st,nd between the
sick bed and the fire if there is one.
When nursing or helping to nurse an
infectious case always keep solution
of carbolicacid or some other disinfect
ant, in which to dip your hands after at
tending to the patient; never go near
other people if you can help it in the
clothes you have been wearing in the
sick room. Never whisper in a sick
room, it is far more exasperating e. the
sick than any ordinary talking; do not
wear creaky boots, but at the same time
do not cultivate q habit of slipping
about in list slippers or stocking soles,
or you may give your invalid a most
unnecessary start. Try and be your
natural self as much as you can; sick
people are often, by reason of their
sickness, prone to suspicion, and you
will lose your influence if they lose
their trust in you. Especially is this
the case with children, and it is just
from these you may require implicit
obedience and confidence at some crisis;
and if they have learned to doubt you
it will double the uphill battle you have
to fight. Study the sick and learn to
manage them by yielding to them. At
tend to their wishes and fancies and
learn their idiosyncracies, and by this
means you will treble your usefulness.
London Erchas20e
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NATURES VOICES
BIZ II. G. BALLARD.

Heard We what the brooklet said,
Dancing DER its pebbled bed?
Heard We not the birds sweet song
Waited on the winds along?
Liquid harp and feathered Tyre
Sing in natures joyous choir,
Sing in harmony and truth,
Cheer the hopeful heart of youth;
Fill with JOY the forms of age
On their weary pilgrimage.
Once, IN days now far away,
Where my boyhood's years were passed,
All the world around me lay
Like a playground, grand and vast,
Every brooklet's son, / heard,
Every carol of the bird
Fell like music on my ear,
With a cadeuce sweet and clear
Came and found my glad heart FREQ
To suffase with melody.
Now the brooks glad song no more
Calls me to its g.ass-fringed shore,
And the bird-song, sweet and wild
That SO gladdened me child,
Reaches not my waiting ear
Otner hearts that song will cheer.
HuL-an hopes and cares and fears
Thicker in these later years,
While bird and brook-song echo low.
FrvI.l Iio -uys O. long ago.